URBAN-WASTE Final Conference: "Waste Management in Tourism. Does It Even Matter?"

On 07 May 2019

UrbanWaste

The culmination of the three-year-long URBAN-WASTE project, which includes ACR+ among its 27 partners, the conference titled "Waste Management in Tourism. Does it even matter?" summarised the outcomes of the project participants’ efforts to promote sustainable waste management in urban tourist destinations. Among the project partners are also ACR+ members ORDIF (the Paris Region Waste Observatory), the Lisbon Municipality and the Region of Epirus.

 

Programme highlights

  • Greening tourism activities with eco-innovative solutions as enabling the transition towards green economy; European Commission
  • Roles, opportunities and responsibilities of cities and regions in the transition towards circular economy; Françoise Bonnet, ACR+ 
  • Waste management in tourism: why does it even matter?, Gudrun Obersteiner, BOKU University
  • Situational analysis of consumption and waste behaviours and patterns in tourism; Erik Louw, TU Delft
  • Sustainable tourism as a joint venture: cooperation between authorities and local stakeholders; Javier Lopez, Consulta Europa
  • Panel discussion on IT solutions in waste management for a more sustainable tourism. Facilitated by Milosz Momot, Emerging and Creative Industries Unit at DG GROW
  • Panel discussion on waste at seas. Facilitated by Sotiris Raptis, European Sea Ports Organisation
  • Panel discussion on food waste in tourism – tools for its prevention. Facilitated by Ben Caspar, DG ENV
  • Panel discussion on the hospitality sector’s contribution to sustainable tourism. Facilitated by Olle Jonang, Vastra Gotaland and NECSTouR

 

Further information

To consult the agenda, view the full list of speakers and register for the event, click here.

To learn more about the URBAN-WASTE project, visit the project website.

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